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NANCY DREW COLLECTION<\/a><\/h3>\n

Collection, 1964- . 7 linear inches.<\/p>\n

An ongoing collection of materials related to the Nancy Drew Conference and Mildred Wirt Benson.<\/p>\n

NASH, MARTHA <\/a> (1925-2000)<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1939-1998. 2.75 linear feet.<\/p>\n

Civil rights activist, community and religious leader, she was executive director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Education and Vocational Training in Waterloo.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL ABORTION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE OF IOWA<\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1990-2001. 1.25 linear feet.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION, DES MOINES CHAPTER<\/a><\/h3>\n

Scrapbook, 1961-1964. 1 linear inch.<\/p>\n

Organization to provide a forum for women in the construction industry to meet and exchange ideas.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION, CEDAR RAPIDS-IOWA CITY CHAPTER<\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1978-2005. 3.25 linear feet.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN, IOWA CITY BRANCH <\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1964-1995. 2.5 linear inches.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN, QUAD CITIES BRANCH <\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1976-1997, 1.5 linear feet.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN, WATERLOO-CEDAR RAPIDS BRANCH<\/a><\/h3>\n

Records 1944-2000. 1linear foot.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, AMES CHAPTER<\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1973-1986.7 linear inches.<\/p>\n

Includes ERA campaign material.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, DES MOINES CHAPTER <\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1971-1987. 2.5 linear inches.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, DUBUQUE CHAPTER<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

Records, 1973-1995. 1.25 linear feet and audiovisual material.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, IOWA<\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1976-1989. 5 linear feet.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, JOHNSON COUNTY-IOWA CITY<\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1977-1997. 6 linear feet.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL SECRETARIES ASSOCIATION, ROBERT LUCAS CHAPTER (IOWA CITY)<\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1947-1987. 11.5 linear inches.<\/p>\n

NEAL, EDITH<\/a>\u00a0(1916-2007)<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1931-1997.\u00a0 7.5 linear inches.<\/p>\n

Known as the \u2018Vietnam Mail Lady,\u2019 Neal corresponded with servicemen stationed in Vietnam from 1966 to 1969.<\/p>\n

NEFF, ORTHA P.<\/a> (1915- )<\/h3>\n

Papers,1944-2006. 1 linear inch and audiovisual materials.<\/p>\n

Red Cross staff member who was stationed in Okinawa and Hawaii during World War II.<\/p>\n

NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL CLUB (DELAWARE COUNTY, IOWA) <\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1931-1999, 5 linear inches.<\/p>\n

The club formed in 1915 near Manchester, Iowa for women to discuss aspects of rural, farm and family life.<\/p>\n

NELSON, GLADYS<\/a> (1895-1995)<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1938-1995. 10 linear inches.<\/p>\n

Republican Iowa legislator from 1950 to1956 and former president of the League of Women Voters of Iowa.<\/p>\n

NEUHAUSER, MARY C.<\/a> (1934- )<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1968-1999. 13.8 linear feet.<\/p>\n

Democrat who served four terms in the Iowa House and one four-year term in the Senate (1986-1998).<\/p>\n

NEUMAN, LINDA KINNEY<\/a> (1948- )<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1975-2003. 8 linear feet and artifacts.<\/p>\n

Served for over twenty years in the Iowa judiciary and was the first woman to be appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

NEW ART CLUB (MARION, IOWA) <\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1939-1974. 2.5 linear inches.<\/p>\n

Organized in Marion, Iowa in 1935 to for women to do needlework and handicrafts.<\/p>\n

NEW WORLD COLLECTIVE<\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1980. 0.25 linear inches.<\/p>\n

A Des Moines collective which existed between 1972 and 1980. Members lived communally and participated in a variety of progressive actions.<\/p>\n

NEWCOMER, BESS<\/a> (1893-1990)<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1936-1978, 1 linear inch.<\/p>\n

Appanoose County farmwoman, columnist, and Farm Bureau officer.<\/p>\n

NEWSOME, LOUANE<\/a> (1906-2004)<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1943-1997. 4 linear inches.<\/p>\n

Armed Services librarian during World War II, and University of Iowa professor in the School of Library and Information Science.<\/p>\n

NICHOLS, BARBARA BURRELL<\/a> (1922-1955)<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1944-1949 and 1997. 12 items<\/p>\n

Mother from Ames, Iowa, who died of polio in 1955.<\/p>\n

NIELSEN, JOYCE <\/a> (1933- )<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1951-1996. 9 linear feet.<\/p>\n

Feminist, legislator and community activist who worked in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.<\/p>\n

NISSEN FAMILY<\/a><\/h3>\n

Papers, 1936-1996. 10 linear inches.<\/p>\n

Biographical materials relate to Walnut, Iowa clubwoman Wilma Parker Nissen and her daughters.<\/p>\n

NOBLE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION <\/a><\/h3>\n

Photographs and papers, 1870s -1970s, 5 linear feet.<\/p>\n

Postcards and photographs of Iowa includes the work of professional women photographers in Iowa.<\/p>\n

NORMAN, SUSAN J. <\/a><\/h3>\n

Papers, 1972-1984. 2.5 linear inches.Iowa City activist.<\/p>\n

NORTH MADISON HAPPY PALS 4-H CLUB <\/a><\/h3>\n

Scrapbooks, 1952-1979. 1.25 linear feet (7 volumes).<\/p>\n

Local chapter of 4-H organized in Mahaska County, Iowa, 1952.<\/p>\n

NOUN, LOUISE ROSENFIELD<\/a>\u00a0 (1908-2002)<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1926-2002. 13 linear feet.<\/p>\n

Feminist and civil liberties activist from Des Moines, Iowa who was also an art collector, author, and co-founder of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women’s Archives.<\/p>\n

NOVICK, NAOMI<\/a> (1932- )<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1922-2009. \u00a0 2.1 linear feet.<\/p>\n

Includes questionnaires and constituent correspondence during Novick’s tenure as mayor of Iowa City.<\/p>\n

NYE, MIRIAM BAKER<\/a> (1918- )<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1938-1997 and undated. 5 linear inches.<\/p>\n

Moville, Iowa, farm wife and columnist for the “Sioux City Farm Journal Weekly.”<\/p>\n

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O\u2019BRIEN COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMEN<\/a><\/h3>\n

\u00a0Records, 1989-1996, 1 linear inch.<\/p>\n

Organization to promote the interests of farmwomen.<\/p>\n

O’BRIEN, DENISE<\/a> (1949- )<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1964-2006. 9.2 linear feet.<\/p>\n

Organic farmer and political activist who served as president of National Family Farm Coalition.<\/p>\n

ODELL, MARY JANE<\/a> (1923- )<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1941-1987. 1.5 linear feet.<\/p>\n

Television journalist and politician who served as Iowa Secretary of State from 1980 to 1986.<\/p>\n

OFF AND HOLSTEEN FAMILY<\/a><\/h3>\n

Papers, 1864-1970. 2.5 linear feet.<\/p>\n

Two generations of an eastern Iowa family, many generations of which attended the University of Iowa.<\/p>\n

OLSON\/CLAMPITT<\/a><\/h3>\n

Memoirs,1933-1995. 2.5 linear inches.<\/p>\n

OLSON, MELBA GARDEMANN<\/a> (1909-2000)<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1916-1993, 5 linear inches.<\/p>\n

Benton County, Iowa, farm girl and teacher who played on her high school’s basketball championship team in 1927.<\/p>\n

OLVERA, MARY V\u00c1SQUEZ<\/a> (1927- )<\/h3>\n

Papers,1923-2003. 1.5 linear inches.<\/p>\n

Davenport, Iowa, woman whose parents came to Iowa from Mexico in the 1910s.<\/p>\n

OMEGA TOWNSHIP WOMEN\u2019S CLUB (O\u2019BRIEN COUNTY, IOWA)<\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1976-1991, 2 linear inches.<\/p>\n

Farm Bureau women\u2019s club.<\/p>\n

OOP (MARION, IOWA)<\/a><\/h3>\n

Records, 1867-2005.\u00a0 3 linear feet.<\/p>\n

Women’s study club founded in 1867 by young women who had attended the Marion Female Seminary.<\/p>\n

ORAL HISTORIES OF IOWA POLICEWOMEN<\/a><\/h3>\n

Oral histories, 1968-2005. 5 linear inches.<\/p>\n

15 interviews and associated materials document the entry of women into Iowa’s law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n

ORMOND, KATHY<\/a> (1945- )<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1966-2005 (bulk 1968-1970). 1.25 linear feet.<\/p>\n

Red Cross recreation aide who was stationed in Vietnam from July 1968 to October 1969.<\/p>\n

OWEN, VIOLA NESFIELD<\/a> (1896-1981)<\/h3>\n

Papers, 1920s-1960s. 10 linear inches.<\/p>\n

Pianist and piano and accordian teacher.\u00a0 Correspondence between Owen and her parents in Waterloo after she moved to rural Wisconsin with her husband in the early 1920s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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